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From: dbucher@world.std.com (Daniel B Bucher)
Subject: Re: what foreign people say when they're pausing 
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Organization: Massachusetts Bay Mesopotamia
References: <1995Feb3.132330.12946@relay.acadiau.ca>
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 1995 05:46:05 GMT
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In article <1995Feb3.132330.12946@relay.acadiau.ca>,
Alan McKay <alan@dragon.acadiau.ca> wrote:
>I find it interesting that both German and Russian have a real word
>that people say when they are pausing:
>German	- also
>Russian	- Nu
>
>Are there any other languages that have one?

Japanese - anno   

which really surprised me because it seemed rather phonologically 
complex (three phonemes, two syllables) for something with no
semantic content. But apparently German goes beyond this (four phonemes).
 

